Utetheisa lotrix

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Superfamily Noctuoidea Scientific name Utetheisa lotrix		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Family Erebidae Rank Species

Similar Utetheisa, Utetheisa pulchelloides, Butterflies and moths, Nyctemera, Mocis frugalis

Utetheisa lotrix (salt-and-pepper moth) is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in most of the old world tropics.

The wingspan is about 30 mm.

The larvae feed on Crotalaria species.

Subspecies

Utetheisa lotrix lotrix (Cramer, [1777]) – southern Iran, Pakistan, India, Seychelles, Sri-Lanka, China, Japan, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand

Utetheisa lotrix stigmata Rothschild, 1910 – Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Fiji, Solomons, W.Samoa, Tonga, Niue

Utetheisa lotrix lepida (Rambur, [1866]) – Madagascar, La Réunion

Utetheisa lotrix socotrensis Jordan, 1939 – Socotra Island

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